Author Archives: PLoS Medicine Blog

Andrew Azman, Louise Ivers, Francisco Luquero and Lorenzo Pezzoli announce the launch of the PLOS Cholera Channel. Today sees the launch of the PLOS Cholera Channel. Channels are resources for research communities: a single destination to

PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein urges the WHO to act in response current cholera outbreak in Yemen According to Oxfam/BBC the current cholera outbreak in Yemen has caused more cases and deaths

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases announces a collection on vector-borne diseases. Research submissions are now being invited, with a deadline of January 1, 2018. As previously noted in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), while the last

The editors of PLOS Medicine together with guest editors Carolyn S. P. Lam, Kazem Rahimi, and Steven Steinhubl are delighted to announce a forthcoming special issue focused on cardiovascular disease and multimorbidity. Research submissions are

An overview of the first week of the PLOS Medicine Trauma Special Issue This month, PLOS Medicine is proud to present our Special Issue on Traumatic Injury. Guest Editors Professor Karim Brohi (Queen Mary University of London)

PLOS NTDs Editors-in-Chief Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research and the global effort towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis. One of the most significant, yet often unheralded, accomplishments from the 2000-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

PLOS Medicine Senior Editor Amy Ross introduces the Minimally Invasive Autopsy Collection High quality data on the cause of death are important to help prioritize health policies, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where mortality burden

Guest editors Nicola Low of the University of Bern, Switzerland and Nathalie Broutet of the World Health Organization, along with PLOS Medicine Senior Editor Richard Turner, discuss the rationale for a call for papers on sexually

PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl discusses the PLOS data policy in relation to new ICMJE requirements around sharing data from clinical trials In January 2016, member journals of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE),

Mit Philips and Marielle Bemelmans of Médecins Sans Frontières discuss the looming issue of how to afford an expanded health workforce in the countries that need it most The Seventieth World Health Assembly is currently underway